Information, Tools + Inspiration to Grow Your Home Staging Business
I like to share books I’m reading in case you’ll find them helpful in your home staging business or your life.
This one was a quick read, entertaining with a few insights scattered along the way. Rich Like Them: My Door-to-Door Search for the Secrets of Wealth in America’s… Read More →
I’ve always been one of the most expensive home stagers in my city, even when I was just starting out in 2002. And I’ve never made any apologies about it.
My belief has always been: It’s fine if other home stagers want to give their time away for basically nothing. It doesn’t mean… Read More →
No matter where you live, whether it’s a small town or a major center in Canada, the US or abroad, you’re going to hear about home stagers with cheaper rates than you.
Often you’ll hear the most “price complaints” from real estate agents who are already afraid their clients… Read More →
Some of the most effective ways to marketing your home staging business are free. Blogging, putting out monthly newsletters and being active on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter work and they don’t cost a cent to implement. But they do require a heavy investment of time.… Read More →
You receive a phone call from someone interested in obtaining your home staging services. They’ve seen your portfolio of before and after photos after you were referred to them by their real estate agent.
Your initial home staging consultation with them goes very well and they decide they… Read More →
At a recent Ask Staging Diva Live event, I was asked whether or not I bring an assistant with me to home staging consultations. I realized this might be something other aspiring home stagers are worried about, so I thought I’d discuss that question here.
When I arrive at an initial home staging… Read More →
As Labor Day approaches, homeowners who have been thinking of moving, or who have been forced to sell because of a job transfer or divorce, will be getting ready to list their homes in the coming weeks. That’s because the fall season is the second busiest real estate market after the… Read More →
Imagine yourself as a new real estate investor or “house flipper.” You’ve sunk a fortune into renovating your first property and you’re sure this is going to be the first of many successful “flips.” Instead, month after month of mortgage payments become due with no interest from potential… Read More →
Vacation is usually a wonderful thing. Rest, relaxation, an escape from the everyday. But sometimes, a brief break from a job we hate forces us to face what life can be like when we enjoy our days rather than dread them. Long before the holiday is over we feel our stress level go up again as we recognize… Read More →
This summer I’ve taken a break from staging clients’ homes; putting my energies instead into business planning and being a mom.
With excellent vacations with my Lil Millennial to New York and Oregon.
One of the things I love about being my own boss is that you can take time out … Read More →
